Thursday, 29 January 2009

The main purpose i went to Hongkong was to celebrate Christmas there. So it finally came to the eve. I met up Ivan at Wanchai first for a quick Canon 450DSLR lesson since he is good at photography and his camera is 400D as well.

This street was damn quiet.

Is he finally decided to go back home?

We were back to the 60's.

One good place to shout off your stress and complaints.

Star Ferry - still the important mode of transport to Tsim Sha Tsui.

View of Kowloon side from Hongkong Island.

The Central Business District of Hongkong.

As the sky was about getting dark, i quickly started my second mission of the day. It was great to see and take pictures with the famous Christmas lighting deco on a office tower in a relatively close distance. Once the tripod was set, the three of us were busy for shooting. =)

Merry Christmas from SH Office Tower.

Testing one, two, three.

The Lost FuFu.

Tempting Heart - take one.

Tempting Heart - take two.

Tempting Heart - take three.

Tempting Heart - happy ending.

Got a call from Zoe. We decided to have our dinner at a Taiwanese restaurant, 8 Happiness. Through German, i knew Ivan and Zoe three years ago. We had a great time exploring Macao together at that time. It was actually our reunion dinner to meet and catch up with each other. Glad we could all gather together again.

The 8 Happiness Restaurant.

The interior of the restaurant.

Zoe and her boyfriend, Mark.

FuFu and his 3-year-old-online-buddies, German.

Sesame stuffed (pork) bun.

Fried dumpling (Yaki gyoza ).

Grilled mackerel (Yaki Saba).

Tonkotsu Ramen (Pork soft bone soup noodle)

Yu Yuan (kind of Taiwanese dessert)

FuFu was caught!!!

The food was so so, but we enjoyed our precious time there.

Ding Ding (the tram that only running on Hongkong Island).

After filling up our stomachs, we took 'Ding Ding' to Central, another mode of transport must not miss once you stepped your foot on Hongkong Island.

We once temporary blocked a lane for our own street fashion show. A Christmas Eve ended up like this was, honestly speaking, a damn superb special day for me as we only planned to see the Christmas tree in Central and go for countdown in Lan Kwai Fong. Pictures paint thousand of words and feelings, here they go :

We are gearing up for the fashion show.

We are model-wanna-be.

Nope, we are all Top Models.

The next FuFu's Spring Collection.

We had our fashion show in between Chanel and Coach.

Like the effect!

Damn too good!

Shining out in the midst of the crowd.

Central Tempting Heart - Ivan, FuFu & German.

FuFu - the checked style.

German - taste of the typical OL.

Zoe - the Harajuku feel.

Ginny - the very MK style.

Alvin - the casual look.

Natalie and Ivan - combination of cute and funky.

We rushed to Lan Kwai Fong (LKF) for the countdown as only half an hour left. It was jammed with people until we were asked to use another access to LKF for countdown. For your information, LKF is well known for its Christmas countdown as it gathers numerous of foreigners every year.

It's over crowded yet we managed to take this good.

Merry Christmas~

We actually wished to have a drinks there after the countdown. Due to the crowd, we changed our plan then heading to International Finance Centre (IFC) for its Christmas decoration.

At the bridge that links you to IFC.

Ginny - my new friend of the day.

We have instant chemistry - eye to eye interaction.

IFC Mall.

The instant chemistry - the insidious feeling culmination.

FuFu and his Bond girls.

IFC Tempting Heart.

Survivors of the day!

Ivan and Natalie - what a sweet couple.

German, you are one of my best friends in Hong Kong.

It's time for light supper.

Alvin - he looks like Juno Mak, the HK singer!

German - she is still single, man what you waiting for?

Ivan - one true nice friend.

Ginny - a charming girl who could pose well.

Natalie - a makeup stylist, my new friend of the day too.

FuFu - a hungry man is an angry man.

My favourite Hongkong milk tea.

Toasted bun with butter and condensed milk.

Literally, the Hongkong office sandwiches.

It was a fruitful Christmas Eve i had ever had. Here, i would like to thanks Ivan, German, Zoe, Mark, Alvin, Ginny and Natalie for coming out and spending the eve with me. Heart you guys so much. =D

i missed HK... i missed the weather, the fashionable people, the shopping complexes, the Sasa and Bonjour, argh... how I missed them all. and I missed wearing my boots in HK. i can never ever wear boots in Msia. anyone in boots in Msia = lala girls. sigh.

p/s: i personally love the emo side of you with the SH office tower building! :)

Mei-Wah : hahaha, wearing boots is not necessary a lala girl ok? it depends how you match your outfit! i am missing hk so bad =) anyway i will be back again soon probably this year

iruffcookiedough : lol just look normal la! erm... i am still learning hard to make full use of my 450D, wish you could share your skills with me =D ops, i thought you had already added me on fb, anyway will let you know when would be the exact date i go there

ernloy : hey it's good to hear from you again! erm, guess it's the time back to your studies after a short break ya!wish you had recharged fully =) like the side view look of fufu? agree!! look so much better!!

love yr series on HK. specially love the pics. it helps that you find lovely girls, drape them around yr shoulders, take pics and decorate yr blog with it. ahhh sigh..sigh if i could b so lucky to find even one to do ...hehehehehe

candygan : hey gong xi fa cai to you too! may the year of ox bring you more health ya =)

Bengbeng : yeah it's always great to hang out with friends especially those easy going type!! erm wish you could get somebody soon so you could put those pictures on your blog =) i am going to put up entries bout mainland china... stay tuned ya